treat

verb

• 1behave towards or deal with in a certain way:she had been brutally treated he treated her with grave courtesy
• (treat something as) regard something as being of a specified nature with implications for one’s actions concerning it:the names are being treated as classified information
• present or discuss (a subject):the issue is more fully treated in chapter five

• 2give medical care or attention to; try to heal or cure:the two were treated for cuts and bruises

• 3apply a process or a substance to (something) to protect or preserve it or to give it particular properties:the lawns were treated with weedkiller every year

• 4 (treat someone to) provide someone with (food, drink, or entertainment) at one’s own expense:he treated her to a slap-up lunch
• give someone (something) as a favour:he treated her to one of his smiles
• (treat oneself) do or have something that gives one great pleasure:treat yourself—you can diet tomorrow

• 5 [no object] negotiate terms with someone, especially an opponent:propagandists claimed that he was treating with the enemy

noun

• an event or item that is out of the ordinary and gives great pleasure:he wanted to take her to the pictures as a treat
• (one's treat) an act of treating someone to something:‘My treat,’ he insisted, reaching for the bill
• North American a sweet, biscuit, or other item of sweet food.